Solid tire.



Patented June 4, 1918.

` ifa/@stiff Y Lat/fla( LEE CLOUGH, OIF AKRON .OH10, ASSIGNOR TO PATENT OFFICE.

THE FIRESTONE TIRE 8c RUBBER COM- ANY, 0F AKRON, 01110, A conronATloN 0F 01110.

SOLID TIRE.

Specification otLctters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1.918.

Application filed December 4. 1916. Serial No. 134,822.

To all whom it may concern: f

Be it known that l. Lnn (tionen, a citizen of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Solid Tires, of which the fol owing is a specification.

'In the manufacture of Solid tires ity hanl been found impossible hcretor'orel to successfully operate solid tires,l of large crossl section owing to the overheating of large tires due to the Working or ow of the rubber which has had to take place at the sides of the tire. There has also been experienced a tendency to Skid or side slip unduly. have Sought to obviate both of 4these ditheulties by forming in the face o1 ythe tire circumferential channels or grooves into which the rubber may How under pressure. These chann ls also afford means for ventilating or cooling the tire.

Another object of mv invention is to correct a fault heretofore present in single type Solid tires. especinlliv those huilt up on metallic rima, known more generally an hard base 'res due to a tendency of the tire to work on the iiangee` of the metallic rim, resulting in a breaking or cracking o the tire at the edge of the rim. i have Sought to obviate this, diilicnl by constructing the tire in snr-h fashion that all of the Working 0r displacement. of the ruhber under loadwwllgbwentirely within the flanges of the rim and there will he little or no tendency to separate the tire and rim at, this oint.

So id tires have heretofore been produced up to G 01 7 inchee in cross Section.l loutI l' or loadsI requiring a tire-of larger eros@ section it has been the practice to provide two `eepnrate tires or what, is known as the dual con struction.

This invention in directed to that einen' of tires known as criant tires or tires de signed for heavy duty only by which is meant heavy trinke` from one and one hall' ton:` to three tone and larger. Bv nr construction I am enabled to produce lsolid tires of the Single type up to lll inehe.`4 in cross Section, or larger. which will not overheat and are' ractieal and more economical than the dun tires. This is the first construction to my knowledge with which it has been poiblc to successfully operate solid tires of such large cross section.

In the drevvinge there is shown a solid single type tire constituting my invention. but it is understood that various changery and modifications may he made Without enc rifioing any ol the. henetil e of thin invention Figure l` is a Side elevation of a. Solid Sin le type tire constructed in accordance wit thin invention.

Fig. i2. is a crown section of the same .-zhonw ing. in dotted lines. the dieplacenient of the rubber under load.

In the drawings like reference numeralV refer to like parte. l0 representing` the rim which may be of an)I preferred con-true tion tor mounting on n truck or other veY hicle wheel, in thin instance being' shown ol` a type known as presser on, but i1 i=. obvious that the rini mn \l he mounted on the wheel in any other way. an. for instance`r hv the une of wedge ring."y or other Veuitn'lile construction. he edgee of the rim nre prov vided with flanges ll which serve to confine the lower edges et the tire. 'l`ln` tire is in dicatcd as n whole hv the, numeral l2 and ma)v be secured to the rim l0 in' n layer ot" hard rubber 13 interponed between the bod)Y of the tire and the Tini. This ie not an essential feature of the invention tor thr-` tirc may he held to the riin in on) op proved manner. The aide of the tire hegine at the outer edgea ot' the rini thingeh :zint ilirt brought in a curve l i ol' eoxnpnrntively short rndiuf. and euhetnntialllv tangential to the upper edge of thtl flangey ll. which merges into the graduall)V tapering sides 1.1. The. curve lfl and the Sidel lrare So 'formed Straight line were drawn along the` the tire and continued down into the hase it. would pass to the inside of the angle lti of the hase. The pui-pme of thieconstruction in to confine. any movement or working of the tire inside the lianges of the metallic rim and there will bc no tendency to Split or crack at this point. Bcfore in invention it vvae44 the cuetom to build t e solid tire over `the upper edges of the fiangee and as far an l know I am the first to construct n solid tire huilt on n flanged metallic rim in which the tire has been inside the flanges of the rim and so shaped that in operating under load there would be no tendency to Work or flow over the edge of the flange `so an to break or crack.

The sides of the tire are concave '1n a that, ii" o eide of zob curve of comparatively long radilis, which merges into the tread by a convex curve. he purpose of this concave formation at the sides of the tire is to assure that under load there will he no outward bulging which would result in cracking, due to the tension under which thc side of the tire is placed. 'Ilheiabsonce of sharp corners at the sides of the trend enables the rubber to How under load Without danger of cracking or splitting llt his point.

he tread of the tire is crowned slightly as shown in Fig. 2 in order that the load may be applied progressivelg,Y from the center of the tire toward the sides.` In the tread of the tire are formed parallel circumferential grooves 17 and bearing ribs ,19, the sides of each groove gradually converging inwnrdl of the tire and are joined ya curved sur ace 18. The

their YVentilating and non-skidding funcof suflicient depth to Aprevent the distribution of the load from its point of application throughout the entire body of the tiere and also not deep enough lto di vide the single type tire into a dual type tire. I have shown three of these rooves arranged at egual Idistances about t e tire, but t is num er and arraY ement is not essential and may be varied, 1i desired.

Th ositxon assumed by the tire under goed ig shown in Fi'g. 2 by the dotted out- It is obvious that various changes and modifications .may be made in r e-constzuction Awithout ,departing from t spirit of the invention.

single type tire coneiatin of a '-vingeof rubber of eater width than epth nross section van hav' a broad Atreed ,which ,is substantiall 611% velselyandroy-ded with a sha1 0W imti atin curnferential groove :of `a one-fourth that of tire, that portion back of the Vgroove and the inner per heey of :he ire being of Such volume and ses condition as to permit How of Athe .rubber from any portlon of ,the tread :at one eideiof the groove through the cross Sectienof ythe tire tothe oEposite side thereof, whereby a dual tire is o viatel and the single type tire LEE CLOUGH.

ept4 Substantially the `cross sectiqn of the is preserved.

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